Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

J

At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

of what had happened, her gaze

blame,” Jason’s eyes were red as he was ashamed and couldn’t accept that his family had

brother took on Elspeth’s case, he was so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s law firm and had a big blowout with him in his

and selfless, honest and clean. He pissed off a lot of people while in office! The moment he retired, those people were circling us like hawks, wanted to get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for the conglomerate, protecting us, how could our parents have had

fight with his brother for over twenty years, but this time, for Evadne, he went

everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the Ashbourne group, it simply doesn’t matter to me! You, on the other hand, our parents worked hard to raise you, provided you with an elite education, poured so much effort into you, all so you can do big things! Not so you can cater to every whim of Ms.

stung

Evadne his whole heart, but his family was pulling him

really couldn’t face Ms. Evadne

what are you

her hands on his trembling shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how

voice choked, filled

totally understand

swayed by social niceties. If the Abernathy group has offered Mr. Cedric a good enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics

lowered his

Ca**ius took Evadne’s hand, gently stroking her palm and asking, “Evadne, what’s

But first, I need to

where the child is, so let’s have Una help

what about Acacia?

mad before I make her

yawned, feeling sleepy and she also inquired, “Isn’t she about to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can we make her fall from grace if

marbles,” Ca**ius was deeply shocked

he’s been blind as a bat for a while now. No matter, I’ve found myself again, and I want this lousy

quickly pulled out her phone, found the photo of Avery and then she had snapped. “Here, check out this guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed by George the other day, but thanks

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surprise. “Really? Then

he kept his identity a mystery. The kicker is, he

recalled the man’s

she was a woman, she had a man’s desire for control and didn’t

moved closer to her, examining

his eyes lit up, and he turned to

you really

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